Tag Archives: Nikon 85mm f1.4
Shoot anytime anywhere: Broad daylight photos
Continuing our recent theme of shooting anytime and anywhere… today’s post is about shooting under broad daylight. Everyone has taken the “raccoon eyes” type of photos. You know? The kind where someone suggests the whole group turn towards the sun so all your faces are lit up. What usually results from this? First off, everyone [...]
Posted in: Photography, Photography Tips, Portraits, Tutorials Also tagged: broad daylight, Nikon 50mm f1.8, Nikon d700, radio popper, strobist 15 Comments
Shoot anytime anywhere: nighttime photos
Continuing with the recent theme: Get motivated, go out there and shoot anytime anywhere!.. here are some night time photos I’d like to share. Just because the sun goes down doesn’t mean you can’t take any nice photos. At some point or time, we’ve all taken the kinds of photos at night where bright [...]
Posted in: Photography, Photography Tips, Portraits, Tutorials Also tagged: bokeh, nighttime photography, Nikon d700, strobist 7 Comments
Rainy day fun
Who says you can’t have fun in the rain? Tired of being rained in so often these past few weeks, we took out an umbrella and said what the heck. I mean, c’mon it’s Southern California right?… it’s not supposed to rain this often. Anyways, even though it was a bit big on her, [...]
Posted in: Photography, Portraits Also tagged: natural light, Nikon d700, rain, the red balloon 10 Comments
Baby Felicity photos
We recently had a baby portrait session with this super duper squishable little princess and I have to say taking photos of kids/babies can be a real challenge… what with the goofy smiles, tantrums, short attention spans, and bladder control issues -ok, I’m guilty of all that too but that’s beside the point- BUT, omg, [...]
Posted in: Kids, Photography, Portraits Also tagged: baby photographer, baby portraits, Nikon d700 15 Comments
Snow photoshoot: Ice Queen
I have always wanted to do a snow shoot. A month ago while in Wisconsin, I was -this- close to getting one done… but Kay’s sister bailed out because… well because it was 12 degrees out. =/ So we left frigid Wisconsin with nothing more than a picture of me showing cheese-head country what [...]
Portrait pretty purple
Portrait, pretty, purple… try to say that three times quickly!! Kay and I both love taking pictures. But we’ve ran into a problem… she’s running out of dresses (so she says)! I don’t know why women are so against wearing the same dress twice; maybe one of you women can explain that to me. =/ [...]
Posted in: Photography, Portraits Also tagged: canyon hills, Nikon d700, portrait photography, purple dress 14 Comments
Natural lighting, Dos Lagos revisited
We’ve been photographically restless all week because of this winter rain storm. But finally, there was a break just in time for the weekend! Kay and I were hoping to capture a few photos with the nice fluffy clouds overhead, but they disappeared by the afternoon =(. Even without the clouds, we ended up at [...]
Fresno Hmong New Year 2009-2010
Every year thousands of Hmong people from all over the world gather to celebrate the coming new year. A custom that has been celebrated for many generations, there are a multitude of cities which put together these events. The largest celebration traditionally occurs during the whole week between Christmas day and New Years Day in [...]
Posted in: Events, Photography, Travel Also tagged: Fresno Hmong International New Year 2010, hmoob culture, Nikon d700, people photography 6 Comments
Baby Vincent photos
This was our first trip to see my three and a half month old baby nephew, Vincent, and his exhausted but completely adoring parents. Nou looked terrific for just having a baby so I give her a truck load of credit but I was told it was because Ray was the one who had all [...]
Posted in: Family, Kids, Photography Also tagged: baby portraits, baby vincent, family portraits, Nikon d700 10 Comments
California dreamin: beach photos